By Danielle Ngamegni
Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, discussed the moral and ethical arguments against abortion as part of her “Abortion Is Human Sacrifice” college campus tour. Continue reading UMD students discuss abortion with pro-life activists in ‘Change My Mind’ debate
By Clare Roth
The Robert H. Smith School of Business’s Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets held its annual Campus Liberty Tour debate series on Oct. 28 in partnership with the Steamboat Institute to discuss whether the government should ban Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Continue reading UMD Smith School’s annual debate raises questions about DEI’s role in the government
By Andrew Mollenauer This week at Stories Beneath the Shell, we’re ecstatic to introduce our first newsletter, where I will write weekly summaries of three notable stories covered by our reporters in the previous week. For one of those stories, I will go further beneath the shell with a weekly spotlight that digs deeper into the subject matter of the piece. VP Debate Watch Party: … Continue reading Weekly Newsletter: TOP-SHELLF
By Luke Gentile University of Maryland College Democrats and Republicans faced off in a state issues debate on Oct. 25 hosted by Maryland Discourse and Political Latinxs United for Movement and Action in Society (PLUMAS) to allow both sides to lay out their platforms as the Nov. 6 midterm elections approach. The debate started just after 7:30 p.m. in Jimenez Hall, and centered around six main … Continue reading College Democrats and Republicans face off in a state issues debate ahead of midterm elections
By Hannah Dalsheim The University of Maryland’s business school hosted a debate April 5 between former Mexican President Vicente Fox and the former leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage. Farage has made world headlines at the forefront for Brexit—Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. Farage is controversial to some because of his perceived white nationalist political views and support for President Donald … Continue reading Fox and Farage clash in nationalism, globalism debate
By Grace Dille UMD College Republicans and Young Americans for Liberty tackled issues including immigration and foreign aid during a debate March 15 in Jimenez Hall. Gideon Epstein, events director for non-partisan group Maryland Discourse, moderated the debate, and the opposing teams were represented by three students each. “While the GOP is primarily a conservative party, we do have several strong libertarian voices that help … Continue reading College Republicans and Young Americans for Liberty face off in debate led by Maryland Discourse
by Alicia Cherem The final debate for Student Government Association elections took place Tuesday night at Mckeldin Library with the One Party and an unaffiliated candidate left running on the ticket. The One Party, represented by A.J. Pruitt for president and Christine Hagan for vice president of academic affairs, debated against freshman Christopher Boretti who is unaffiliated. The election became uncontested after the Unity Party … Continue reading SGA presidential candidates participate in last debate before elections
SBS News’ Stacey Khizder hosts a pre-debate panel with three politically active Terps on campus: Ami Kutzen from Terps for Hillary, Steven Clark from UMD College Republicans, and Thomas Moses from Young Americans for Liberty. Continue reading SBS Pre-Debate Coverage [VIDEO]
It’s not every Monday night that hundreds of college students gather in a theater to watch CNN. But this was no ordinary Monday night. The first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was moments away. The University of Maryland College Republicans, College Democrats, Maryland Discourse, MaryPIRG, the Society of Professional Journalists, Students for Liberty and Young Americans for Liberty co-hosted a debate watch … Continue reading Hundreds attend debate watch party, with mixed reactions
The first presidential debate of the 2016 election season is coming up on Monday and in the world of politics, tensions are running high. Usually at this point in the year, most experts, and even many civilians, have at least some idea of what to expect when the two candidates face off. In this way, as in so many others, 2016 is atypical. Here’s what … Continue reading Trump v. Clinton: candidates will face off at first debate Monday night
